Larry London, candidate for County Commissioner seat B, received at least 70 percent of the vote from the Democratic delegates at their convention Tuesday, eliminating his party opponent, Allen Birt.

A primary election will be held for Darlene K. Musselman and Steve John Hopkin, Democratic candidates for Commissioner Seat A. Musselman received 13 of the delegates’ votes, and Hopkin received 12.

Jonathan Pace, candidate for county attorney; Pauline Mecham Green, candidate for county clerk; and Holly Thomson Hansen, candidate for county recorder; were all nominated by members of the audience and voted in by the delegates.

However, the delegates voted to remove Jacob Whitney Pentz, who filed as a candidate for sheriff, from their ticket. He was not present to speak for himself at the Democratic Convention and was not nominated as a candidate, nor did he attend the Democratic caucus.

On advice from Todd Taylor, executive director of the Utah State Democratic Party, Democrats at the conference, by a show of hands, overwhelmingly voted against certifying Pentz as a Democratic candidate for sheriff. His name will not appear under the Democratic Party name or symbol. Pentz can run as a write-in candidate, per information from Olene Walker, Lt. Governor of Utah State.

In one of the largest turn-outs in the history of the Morgan Democratic Committee, participants endorsed the 7-member council petition, which will appear on the November ballot.

“The Democratic Committee and the candidates support this,” said ShaRon Nelson, an officer in the committee. “If it doesn’t pass, we will accept it. The people have spoken.”

Republican candidate for commissioner spoke at the convention to explain to the Democratic delegates how the petition, which he helped write, would give the government back to the people. He explained how other counties in Utah, such as Cache and Grand counties, have incorporated the 7-member successfully, although there were some noted flaws.

An initiator of the 7-member council in Cache County, Bobby Corey said that the council members had voted to give themselves health insurance, which turned out to be quite an expense for the county. Different from the Morgan County petition, Cache County maintained a partisan government, as the Republicans were concerned that it would severly diminish their party influence.

It was mentioned that Grand County, which has a non-partisan council, lacks support from parties, and candidates do not have the encouragement to run for office.

“We are different from Cache County. We are different from Weber County,” Nelson said. “People know who they are voting for.”